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BM 141609
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 (B)lyl|
2 |Ygr|
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141609=1985,0223.78 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of stela |
| Material | Stone; Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 9.3, w. 11, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2006: 199-200, fig. 35 | Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200. |